Walking Stick Tree Propagation

I am trying to find out what is commonly used as rootstock for the harry lauder walking stick.
Walking stick tree propagation. I have a copy of all you shared with me before on grafting and am anxious to try it. Some people have success with soil layering a somewhat difficult process. This is a large upright suckering deciduous shrub that typically grows to 10 15 tall but infrequently grows as a small flat topped tree to as much as 35 tall. It is a type of hazel nut tree with cork screw branches.
As a grafted plant harry lauder s walking stick is difficult to propagate. Harry lauder s walking stick pruning propagating and general care. It is very interesting shrub. It s scientific name is corylus avellana contorta.
This wonderful plant with it s array of twisted and contorted branches will happily grow in zones 4 through 8 and is one of the few plants that really has no serious disease or insect pest problems. Aralia spinosa commonly called devil s walking stick or hercules club gets its common name from the stout sharp spines found on its leaf stalks stems and branches. Harry lauder s walking stick corylus avellana contorta. Neither the seeds nor the root suckers can be reproduced true to the original plant.
Only about 50 percent of cuttings survive.